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The M16 mine is a United States-made bounding anti-personnel mine. It was based on captured plans of the World War II era German S-mine and has similar performance. Description
Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (front, accessories fitted). A Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (line drawing). A cutaway of an MD-82 mine. An M14 mine, showing a cutaway view.
Cross-sectional view of a United States M2A4 bounding mine showing the fuze mechanism. A bounding mine is an anti-personnel mine designed to be used in open areas. When it is tripped, a small propelling charge launches the body of the mine 3 to 4 feet (91 to 122 centimetres) into the air, where the main charge detonates and sprays fragmentation at roughly waist height.
Unlicensed copies of the M14 landmine may have been manufactured by Myanmar Defense Products Industries since 2008. [7] [8] [9] The mine is used by the Myanmar Army. [10] [11] M16: Bounding anti-personnel mine United States Myanmar: Unknown Copy produced locally. [12] M7: Anti-tank mine United States: Unknown [13] Type 59 Anti-tank mine China ...
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon often concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near it. [1] Land mines are divided into two types: anti-tank mine s, which are designed to disable tanks or other vehicles; and anti-personnel mines, designed to injure or ...
The NGO Landmine Monitor in its 2022 report listed both Cambodia and Ukraine among nine countries with “massive” mine contamination, meaning they had more than 100 square kilometers (38.6 ...
After the war, the American army developed their M16 mine directly from captured S-mine designs. [4] The Soviet Union also based the design of its OZM series of mines on the German S-mine. Soviet mines tended to be far simpler internally; instead of being filled with steel balls or scrap metal, the OZM-4 mine was given a solid cast-iron body ...
An anti-personnel mine or anti-personnel landmine (APL) is a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to an anti-tank mine, which target vehicles. [1] APLs are classified into: blast mines and fragmentation mines ; the latter may or may not be a bounding mine .